I started apport as Brian suggested, and used apt-get to reinstall the package. However it went perfectly smoothly this time; no errors or segfaults. So let's just put this down to chance ;)
Thanks for your responses and patience. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/708537 Title: package mysql-server-5.1 5.1.41-3ubuntu12.9 failed to install/upgrade: segementation fault in debconf frontend To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/debconf/+bug/708537/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
